Appel's layup pulled San Antonio to 82-79 with a minute remaining, but White followed with an alley-oop layup 16 seconds later on Augustus' assist to regain a five-point lead.

White gave Minnesota a 75-65 lead midway through the fourth, beaming after making her third 3 despite falling to the court. The basket led to a San Antonio timeout, screams of "Tan!" from teammates and a celebratory shoulder bump from Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve.

Both head coaches had angry exchanges with official Tiffany Bird earlier over calls as the game grew more physical. Appel was issued a technical foul with 21.7 left in the first half after arguing she did not push Devereaux Peters for a defensive rebound. Appel was angrier that no call was made on the previous possession when she and Peters got tangled up.

Hammon hit three 3s in the opening quarter, but missed her only attempt in the final three quarters. San Antonio had 24 assists on 29 field goals.

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